Risk Factors for Road Transport-Related Injury among Pedestrians in Rural Ghana: Implications for Road Safety Education

Autor/in	Teye-Kwadjo, Enoch
Titel	Risk Factors for Road Transport-Related Injury among Pedestrians in Rural Ghana: Implications for Road Safety Education
Quelle	In: Health Education Journal, 76 (2017) 7, S.880-890 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8969
DOI	10.1177/0017896917719736
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Traffic Safety; Motor Vehicles; Case Studies; Risk; Accident Prevention; Injuries; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Coding; Adults; Late Adolescents; Environmental Influences; Individual Characteristics; Behavior; Child Safety; Parent Role; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Risiko; Accident statistics; Unfall; Statistik; Unfallstatistik; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Codierung; Programmierung; Halbstarker; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Parental role; Elternrolle
Abstract	Objectives: Injuries and mortality resulting from pedestrian road traffic crashes are a major public health problem in Ghana. This study investigated risk factors for road transport-related injury among pedestrians in rural Ghana. Design: Case study design using qualitative data. Method: In-depth interviews were conducted with pedestrians. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the responses. Results: Findings showed that participants considered road design, roadside trading, inconsiderate driving, pedestrian traffic behaviour, low pedestrian crash risk perception and parental negligence as important determinants of road transport-related injury among pedestrians in rural Ghana. Conclusion: These findings suggest that safe pedestrian road environments and health-enhancing traffic attitudes and behaviour may help reduce the pedestrian crash problem in rural Ghana. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01